John Selwyn (bishop)

John Richardson Selwyn
John Richardson Selwyn
Bishop of Melanesia
	Bishop John Selwyn
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Melanesia
Appointed	18 February 1877
Predecessor	John Patteson
Successor	Cecil Wilson
Orders
Ordination	1869; by George Augustus Selwyn (his father)
Consecration	18 February 1877; by Samuel Nevill (Bishop of Dunedin); Andrew Suter (Bishop of Nelson); Octavius Hadfield (Bishop of Wellington); William Cowie (Bishop of Auckland); Henry Harper (Primate of New Zealand);
Personal details
Born	20 May 1844; Waimate North, New Zealand
Died	12 February 1898 (aged 53); Pau, France
Parents	George Augustus Selwyn and Sarah Harriet (née Richardson)
Spouse	; Clara Long Innes (m. 1872; died 1877) Anne Catherine Mort (m. 1885)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

John Richardson Selwyn (20 May 1844 – 12 February 1898) was an Anglican priest who became the second Bishop of Melanesia and then the second Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

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